Fourth Marking Period

               I chose the statement "Girls are more likely than guys to say they have been sexually harassed." I chose this one because it was the only one left that had a definate answer. I agree with this statement, because of many reasons. One reason is that Girls have stuff to show it. They have their "cherry" while guys do not. Girls are also very weak when it comes to keep stuff a secret. they cannot hold anything in. I think they have something in their brain that says "go tell someone" becuase if they get raped or harassed sexually then they wont be able to keep it in.
               But, guys in the other hand, dont have anything to show what has happenned to them. They dont have a organ that tells every that bad stff has happend to them. But, when it comes to holding stuff in guys can do that way better and WAY longer then girls can. IF you say a girl can hold in tht type of secret for 4 months then a guy can hold it in and not show any emotion towards it for like a year. But, thats just me. I can hold stuff in for a very long while. Im not saying all guys can, or even a majority of them can.
              So overall the statement is true in my eyes. It might not be true in another persons eyes. But, to me it seems very unlkely that girls can hold secrets in for a long term. Again im not saying that all girl can't do it but some can.

Third Marking Period

                       I chose the staement "There is a difference between being quiet and being withdrawn." I chose it because I understand what it is saying but don't really know if I agree and disagree with it I guess you could say I disagree with it because it is just atrual for someone to become quiet when they are being withdrawn. When people are being excluded(synomous to withdrawn) they tend to be very quiet and just process thoughts in their heads. So really I dont think there is much of a difference from being quiet and withdrawn.
                       When I was a little kid i was excluded from a lot of stuff (only because I kept switching from school to school). So whenever that happened I would always be a combination of sad and upset.  would also just be very quiet for the rest of the day. Bt, everyone who I was living with always asked me if I was ok. ecause i wasnt that really loud obnoxious kid that i still am today. I would act totally different when I was being withdrawn.
                        In my opinion, people that get withdrawn and excluded from activities more frequently then others tend to be a lot more shy and hidden then everone else. They would rather sit in a corner alone then be at a birthday party with other little kids his or her age. But, I can also relate to that. Because I was somewhat the same way. But, if i got invited to a birthday party I would go so I could make new friends.

Second Marking Period

            The statement chose this time was " Whatever happens at a party should stay at the party." In some cases I believe that this statement is true, but other times it is not. Like, say something tragic happens to someone, and they are toatlly embarassed about it and it hurts them emotionaly, mentally, and/or physically just to think about it. Then, yea no one should say anything about to anyone that was there or wasnt there.
            The times it is not true is when, someone does something really funny, or something just a little humiliating and that they dont mind other people knowing it. LIke say someone slipped and fell into a pool with all their makeup on and nice pretty dress. If it is ok with the victim that other people know about it, then it is fine to talk to others that weren't at the party about the incident.
            But, on the other hand there are times when something that happened at a party definatly needs to stay there, and never be spoke of again by someone other than the victim. Like say you and a friend of the opposite gender went a party, and the girl of the tw was talking to some other dude and he was drinking at the time, that doesnt sound too bad right now, does it? But later on in the night that dude becomes "over the top" drunk. So he calls over the girl in the sencario and brings her upstairs into a bedroom. Then she ends up getting raped. And a lot of people find out about it. It just so happens that everyone who found out about it was at the party. In that case no one should go around telling other people that. The only people that should be talkin about that incident should the victim and whoever she is talking about it with.
           Those are just two opposite cases of when an event occured during party can and should be spread around. But, there are a lot of other happenings that shouldn't be spread around school or town or wherever.People should just kep to themselves until they get permission from the victim in any scenario that it is ok to spread around.

First Marking Period

          The statement I chose is "If someone is drunk or high, she or he is not responsible for her or his actions." I completly dissagree with that statement. It is the most false thing I have ever heard of. If someone to so drunk r too high to the point where they can't control themselves then they should be at home or even better in jail. I think this because no matter what you are like weither you are drunk, high, Or even really tired, you should still be able to control yourselves and be fully aware of what you are doing at that time. No if, ands, or buts.
           I was once at a concert in Madison, WI and there were a bunch of men standing and sitting, they were acting as if they were drunk. Which, they probably were drunk. But, they started throwing popcorn, soda, and other objects at eachother. They got so out of control that someone got hit in the head with a soda cup. So, they obvisously had the authorites come in and get the men out of the crowd and somewhere isolated from everyone else.
           So when that was over the concert returned to normal and it was very good. The thing about it, is that those guys, I think had no self control once so ever, and they probably didnt remember what happened once the woke up. weither it was in there beds or in a jail cell. So people should never get that drunk or high EVER. But, if it does happen they at least have the control to know wen and where they should do stupid stuff like that.

Speak Respone

  I chose the statement ‘Parents simply don’t understand the problems teenagers go through’. I chose it because I agree with that statement very strongly. I believe that because the things that teenagers encounter now in our day is very different but yet very similar to what our parents encountered as teenagers. But, also it depends on how old they were. If they are old like in there 50s then there is a lot more differences then there are similarities. But, if they are young like in their 30s, early 40s then there would be either an equilibrium or more similarities then there were differences.

          The things that are different from what they encountered is a much more, severe rate of bullying. wither at school, over text, over the computer,etc. they are still encountering it a lot more then their parents did as a kid. One way that they are the same is teenagers in today society encounter drugs. Same with our parents. they have encountered drugs as well. But back when our parents encountered them (depending on how old they are) were probably more tempted to try them out because they didn’t now what the effects of the drugs were. But, if they are younger set of parents, they would have a less chance of trying the drugs, because of the research done on the drugs and the kind of information scientists have found out about the long term effects and the short term effects. So they would be more hesitant to try them.

           Another way that parents teenager years would differ from today’s teenagers is just the way they live and survive in high school. Back then they wouldn’t/didn’t need to worry about people not liking them for who they are and girlfriends/boyfriends. But today we do. We have to worry about getting rejected from boys and girls the corresponding gender likes. We also have to worry about people not liking us for who I am. That is why girls wear so much makeup to hide their real faces and their real selves from everybody else. Or why guys act so tough around everyone else and act cool. It also explains why rich people wear such fancy clothes and poor people try to get the fancy clothes rich people wear. Just so they can fit in.

           One other thing that is similar to our parents life as a teenager compared to our lives as teenagers is that we both have the same goals, or milestones. we both just want to graduate from high school and move on to get/ have a good life afterwards.